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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>Wild v. Hatchery….Quite Relevant to <st1:place
w:st="on">Trinity River</st1:place>. This is third similar federal court
decision.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>Protections for state's steelhead trout
upheld<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>Associated Press – 10/28/08<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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w:st="on"><b><font size=4 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>Samantha Young</span></font></b></st1:PersonName><b><font
size=4 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:
bold'>, Associated Press<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><b><font size=4
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04:00 PDT <st1:City w:st="on">Sacramento</st1:City></span></font></b></strong><font
size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> -- A federal judge upheld on Monday
protections for wild steelhead trout in <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State>
rivers, rejecting an argument by forestry groups that argued the success of
hatchery-raised steelhead has made the population sufficiently robust<span
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style='color:#015660;text-decoration:none'>Man killed in Visitacion Valley
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District Court Judge Oliver Wanger in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Fresno</st1:City></st1:place>
disagreed. He said hatchery-raised fish are no substitute for wild steelhead.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>Science shows that hatchery-fish can be beneficial,
but they also can be detrimental to wild steelhead, Wanger wrote in his 168-page
ruling.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>Steelhead are listed as either threatened or
endangered in different parts of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>In a related claim, the judge also rejected a bid by <st1:place
w:st="on">Central Valley</st1:place> farmers to remove steelhead trout from the
federal Endangered Species Act. The farmers pointed to an abundance of resident
rainbow trout, steelhead that do not migrate to the ocean.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>The Modesto Irrigation District had argued that
rainbow trout are essentially the same species as wild steelhead. Wanger agreed
with federal wildlife scientists, who have said wild steelhead are distinct and
indispensable to the survival of the species.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>It is the third instance in two years in which a
federal court has rejected arguments that hatchery fish ought to be counted as
part of salmon or steelhead populations, said Steve Mashuda, an attorney at
Earthjustice, a nonprofit group that represented the conservation and fishing
groups.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>The groups pressing the cases say federal wildlife
managers should assess an entire fish's population - both wild and
hatchery-raised - when deciding whether to protect it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><em><i><font size=3 color=gray
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Byron
Leydecker</span></font></i></em></st1:PersonName><em><i><font color=gray
face="Times New Roman"><span style='color:gray'>, JCT, Chair</span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Friends of <st1:place w:st="on">Trinity
River</st1:place></span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on"><em><i><font
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color:gray'>PO Box</span></font></i></em></st1:Street><em><i><font
color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span style='color:gray'> 2327</span></font></i></em></st1:address><o:p></o:p></p>
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color:gray'>Mill Valley</span></font></i></em></st1:City><em><i><font
color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span style='color:gray'>, <st1:State w:st="on">CA</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">94942-2327</st1:PostalCode></span></font></i></em></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>415 383 4810 </span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>415 519 4810 cell</span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="mailto:bwl3@comcast.net">bwl3@comcast.net</a></span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="mailto:bleydecker@stanfordalumni.org">bleydecker@stanfordalumni.org</a></span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://www.fotr.org">www.fotr.org</a> </span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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